Again they yelled, "No, not him! Bar-Abbas!" Now Bar-Abbas was a robber.
he released the man they wanted, the man who had been imprisoned for riot and murder, and Jesus he handed over to their will.
So, as Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, he released Bar-Abbas for them; Jesus he handed over to be crucified, after he had scourged him.
(There was a man called Bar-Abbas in prison, among the rioters who had committed murder during the insurrection.)
Then he released Bar-Abbas for them; Jesus he scourged and handed over to be crucified.
At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Jesus Bar-Abbas;
At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you never seized me.